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"Where We Found A Whale" A History of Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

"What has survived above all is a sense of identity. The Alutiiq and Dena'ina suffered from forced acculturation under U.S. government policy, but many aspects of traditional culture survived, thanks to the stories passed from one generation to the next. They preserved tales of ancient heroes and mythic beings, ukgwepet--"our beliefs"--ties to the land, shared history and strong ties to the past...language, kinship, and subsistence."